Awards & honours
“A superb educator with a breadth of knowledge that is unsurpassed in his field.”
Fellowships & research awards
1988European Science Foundation Fellowship France
1989Calouste Gulbenkian Research Fellowship England
1995Fogarty International Research Collaboration Award with Harvard Medical School, Department of Anesthesia
2014Loeb Fellowship Award Washington University in St. Louis
Teaching
1999–2014Stanley Lang Lecturer of the Year Award four times: 1999, 2009, 2011, 2014
2005–2015Distinguished Service Teaching Award 2005–2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
2007Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Award in Medical Student Education
2004Richard Brand Award Program in Physical Therapy
Distinctions
2018Faculty Achievement Award WashU Medical Center Alumni Association
2013Honorary Consultant Varna Medical University, Bulgaria
2011Honorary Member Bulgarian Society for Cell Biology
Contributor, Human Connectome Project
Sources: WashU Department of Neuroscience and the WashU Medicine Alumni Association. The Alumni Association records eleven Distinguished Teaching Awards; the years listed above are those his department itemises.